making news in america this morning, forces deployed. president obama sending special forces to help iraq's military fight the militants taking over the country. what role will they play and the chilling warning about the terror group causing the chaos. anthrax scare. a safety lapse at the cdc. dozens of people exposed to the dangerous bacteria. what's being done to help those potentially at risk. an explosion rocks a neighborhood leveling a home spreading debris on an entire block. the investigation under way right now to find out what happened. and smooth criminal. a man's mug shot is going viral this morning. can you tell why? good friday morning to you.

we begin with growing pressure on iraq's lead attorneys unite the country. secretary of state john kerry is expected to deliver that message in person. >> and 300 u.s. military advisers will soon be on the ground in iraq hoping to help stem the rising tide of violence there. abc's tahman bradley has more from washington. >> reporter: u.s. aircraft are flying over iraq 24 hours a day collecting intelligence as iraqi soldiers battle militants. additional american help will begin arriving within days. president obama has dispatched 300 u.s. troops who will serve as military advisers. the president ruled out sending in combat troops but left the door open for possible air strikes. >> we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires it. >> reporter: on capitol hill, many republicans are skeptical. senator john mccain wants air strikes immediately. >> the president of the united states goes for fund raising and

golfing and now is fiddling while iraq burns. >> reporter: sources tell abc news secretary of state john kerry is likely to travel to iraq soon for face-to-face meetings. >> this is the time to ensure that iraq receives the help that is needed to break the momentum of extremist groups and to bolster the capabilities of iraq's security forces. >> reporter: u.s. officials have become increasingly concerned about iraqi president nuri al maliki who has failed to unite his country's religious and ethic factions. >> only leaders that can govern with an exclusive agenda can truly bring the iraqi people together. >> reporter: the military advisers the president is sending in will be embedded with iraqi security forces to train and advise them. reena and devin. >> thanks so much, tahman. live in washington. thank you. there are also new details about the terror group trying to make their way to baghdad. >> that's right. a former u.s. ambassador to iraq who served in the obama

administration tells abc news that ooiz is more formidable than al qaeda was at the time of the september 11th attacks. they severed its ties with the group and they claimed isis was garaging its brand. a serious scare for scientists at the cdc. about 75 workers at the government labs in atlanta may have been exposed to anthrax accide accidentally. investigators say the rick of infection seems very low but the employees are being monitored and offered antibiotics. abc's dr. richard besser explains why the precautions are necessary. >> reporter: this is a very unusual organism and can live in your body for 60 days and can infect you. that can be deadly. 60 days of antibiotics plus a vaccine. >> a cdc spokesman tells dr. besser "we are devastated. it is unacceptable. we're going to find out what happened and we're going to fix it. there is no danger to the public." this morning minnesota seeps

to be the land of 10,000 floodf. this has been the wettest year in the twin cities area in more than 140 years. more than 4 inches of rain fell there yesterday and flash flood warnings are in effect. the people of a small south dakota town are cleaning up after a tornado. but thankful there were no injuries or fatalities. offs credit tornado alarms which sounded just moments before the twister plowed through the heart of the town. residents scrambled for shelter and survived. nearly two dozen hopes were i have toed and another 20 were damaged. in the forecast on this last day of spring, the upper midwest will see heavy rain. it'll be pleasant along the west coast and hot in the southwest and south. in seattle, the high today won't crack 70 but phoenix will be well over 100. the center of the country will be in the lower 90s, hotter in kansas city than in miami. a california lawmaker is the second most powerful republican in the house of representatives. kevin mccarthy has been elected

majority leader replacing eric cantor who steps down at the end of july after his victory mccarthy promised to help republicans advance their agenda for the country. one year after the supreme court struck down a key provision of the defense of marriage act president obama is set to extend a wide rank of benefits to gay culls. most federal agencies will now treat married couples equally regardless of gender. among the new benefits recognition of gay couples by federal immigration and the irs. president obama has presented the nation's highest military award to a 24-year-old veteran who almost lost his life in afghanistan. marine corporal william kyle carpenter received the pedal of honor for jumping on an explo exploding grenade to protect a fellow marine from the blast. carpenter was severely injured, he lost an eye and spent 2 and a half years in the hospital. the world of music has lost its most prolific songwriter.

gerry goffin collaborated on the most enduring hits including "locomotion," "a natural william" and this, carole king classic. ♪ but will you love me tomorrow ♪ >> that song, by the way, hit the charts when he was only 20. she was 17. carole king called goffin her first love whose words and creative influence will resonate for generations to many could. gerry goffin was 75 years old. turning now to what most of the rest of the world is focused on right now, the world cup. >> we have some headlines to tell you about this morning. uruguay and colombia are in 2-1 victories. uruguay's victory over england has likely knocked the country out of the tournament complet y completely. >> team usa takes the field 6:00 p.m. facing off against portugal on sunday. you can watch the action on our sister network espn. there is a lot of buzz that ronaldo, the big portugal

player, he injured his knee and that they're saying, a doctor, there are reports a doctor said he can't come back because it'll ruin his career for life. i think this is a head fake. >> it might be team usa telling us they're ready expecting anything out of ronaldo. >> they'll bring it. we'll be watching sunday. still ahead, our look at the electric harley-davidson. a pile of debris where a house once stood that leveled a house. the investigation under way to find a person that could have been inside. plus, new tools being used. could it change the way rescuers look for missing people in the future?

welcome back. with gasoline prices at their highest level in six years even motorcyclists may be looking to go green so harley-davidson is introducing the live wire. it does 0 to 60 in just 4 seconds and roars like a jet fighter plane. it can go as far as 53 miles before needing to be recharged and is expected in harley showrooms within two years. apple's decision to add a kill switch to its iphone seems to be paying off. cell phone thefts have dropped because of the switch which can render a stolen phone useless. google and microsoft will add a kill switch to their new phones, they say. apple, google and microsoft control 97% of the u.s. smartphone market. upscale retailer coach is planning to close 70 stores over the next year. the company known for its pricey leather bags recovered after the session but sales have since slumped and the company stock is

down 37% this year. comic actor kevin hart will likely of prove his box office power this weekend. "think like a man too" will open in theaters expected to gross $30 million this weekend. another debut, "injure ski jersey boys" isn't expected to do as well. the doritos loaded is a mozzarella stick hybrid with melted cheese encrusted with doritos nacho cheese flavor, 7-eleven will carry them by the box nationwide starting july 2nd. >> i would try it. >> let's get them for the world cup party sunday. >> your place. >> be there. when we come back, stealing the show, the 11-year-old at the u.s. women's open has her first round in the books. close-up look at intense flame and smoke as we get a wild perspective of a yacht on fire. soak up the sun. but watch how much. not just skin cancer. is tanning addictive?

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if you saw this in a movie you'd probably write it off as a staged stunt. it's real. a motorcycle ran into a car making a left turn flipping the driver into the air. and look at that. he gets up and walks away unhurt. when he saw the videotape even the motorcyclist couldn't believe it. your ride should be much smoother in the west, south atlantic coast and watch out for flooding in the south to gulf coast. airport delays possible in chicago, detroit, washington and charlotte. back to the news this morning. a suburban denver man is feared dead after his house exploded. >> that's right. officials are using a cadaver dog which they say has picked up a scent. his roommates say his car and motorcycle are still parked nearby. it's not known what caused the blast which knocked neighbors

off their feet and sent debris flying. meanwhile, a yacht near san diego has been reduced to ashes after going up in flames. it was undergoing repairs at a shipyard when this fire broke out sending thick, black smoke into the air. 100 workers were evacuated but a drone mounted with a camera was able to get close enough to capture these amazing images. no one was seriously hurt. a high-tech new tool has been brought into the search for a firefighter missing in the southern california mountains. mike herdman vanished a week ago chasing after his dog during a backpacking trip. homeland security team is now using drones hoping to pinpoint his exact location in the rugged terrain. >> one of the major things that these things are going to be used for i think in the public sector is search and rescue and this will definitely raise the bar. >> searchers are also using harmonicas to lure herdman's dog duke. the dog has been spotted twice but ran away each time. >> now to a warning to anyone who has bought a lottery tick

and told it was a loser. four people including these two women have been arrested in florida as part of a sweeping investigation into nearly 100 retailers investigators discovered that nine of the top ten winners of scrapoff games in the tampa bay area were convenient store owners like this man who talked to her matt gutman. >> reporter: you've won 38 times for about $50,000. >> in four years maybe. >> reporter: how much money have you put into it, do you think? >> maybe 60 or 70. >> the scams are not limited to florida. this clerk from syracuse, new york, was convicted of swindling a customer telling him he had a $5,000 ticket when it was really worst $5 million. if you have a winning ticket using scanning machines at the scores. don't simply give it to the clerk. we now know more point crash that injured tracing morgan. investigators say the tractor trailer that hit the limousine was speeding more than 20 miles an hour over the speed limit in a construction zone. the preliminary report also says

the truck driver had been working more than 13 hours straight and hadn't slept in more than 24 hours. topping our health headlines this morning. a new warning that tanning could lead to a tanning addiction. a new study from harvard finds that chronic exposure to ult ultraviolet radiation triggers endorffens those feel good hormones that function similar to opiate drugs such as heroin and morphine. exercise also releases endorphins and that the sun is still the best source of vitamin d. donald sterling of the l.a. clippers has been caught on tape again in a voicepail to one of his psychiatrists who declared him mentally incapacitated. the recording was used in court yesterday as the dispute heats up over his estranged wife's bending sale of the team. shelly sterling's lawyers asked the judge to have him stop making these calls. >> they hired you for the purpose of finding me

incompetent. i'm not incompetent. you're [ bleep ] incompetent. you stupid [ bleep ]. how dare you. >> one of his wife's attorneys said donald sterling threatened his life saying i'm going to take you out. the judge has urged both sides to tone it down. lucy li's historic u.s. women's open debut has hit a few stumbles. the 11-year-old li, the youngest girl ever to qualify for the tournament shot an 8 over 78. carded a triple bogey and a pair of double bogeys but missing only one fairway and took it in stride pausing only to hand over her pink ice cream bar to her aunt to answer a few reporters' questions. >> got to watch that pink ice cream bar. more sports. there's a new team with the best record in baseball. >> that's right. in a walkoff grand slam in cleveland here's our team at espn with the highlights. >> good morning, america. steve levy with john buccigross. we have baseball highlights to share. >> red sox and a's from oakland.

scott caster in, what a nice year he's having. 1-0 lead and cespedes, that one off jake peavey and the a's lead 2-0. red sox down, 3-0. man on and, whoops, he got that up a bit and dustin at the dry ya toward the giant headed dennis eckersley on the stairs. kasmir upset. pierzynski trying to tie that and the a's best record in baseball. the angels visiting the indians. the 1-1 game. pew holes, he is a machine. singles through the hole into right. two runs score and lead 3-1. in the bottom of the tenth two outs base loaded for nick swisher of the get out of town and he means it. walkoff grand slam. swisher's fifth home run of the

season. fourth career walkoff home run. that's how the indians win 5-3. >> and that is it for us. world cup action continues on espn on friday. again, we bid you a fond adieu from this old "sportscenter" set. talk to you next time from the new place. up next "the pulse," one fine felon. what? this guy's mug shot is going viral and you can probably tell why. plus, are you brave enough? the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster set to open today. a woman who loves to share her passions. grandma! mary has atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts her at a greater risk of stroke. rome? sure! before xarelto®, mary took warfarin, which required monthly trips to get her blood tested. but that's history. back to the museum? not this time! now that her doctor switched her to once-a-day xarelto®, mary can leave those monthly trips behind. domestic flight? not today! like warfarin, xarelto® is proven

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>> good morning i'm tamala edwards. it is friday, june 20. we're on a number of new stories this morning. philadelphia policing trying to figure out what led to this crash overnight. casino workers are worried about their jobs now that the revel casino hotel has filed for bankruptcy. we've had heat and humidity, karen rogers said we're in for something much better today. that you will that and "action news" just ahead. and finally from us today the late night jokes this week are all about one thing, the world cup. >> the comics held no punches about the players and america's attitude sorts soccer.

here are your "friday funnies." >> i watched greece played japan today. that was a fun game for the announcers. it's like fatides gets it past nagatmama. they earned their money today. >> soccer is one of those things that the rest of the world cares more about than we do. you know, like health care, education, gun control. yeah, we're not interested in any of that. >> listen to how the espn commentator described joe biden. >> joe biden, the u.s. president is among those watching this -- >> got weirder when joe biden gestured, did you hear that, barack, they think i'm president? >> we have soccer fever and one of the symptoms of soccer fever is victory foot. whoo! number one. whoo! ole, ole, ole.

>> at the beginning of every game they introduced lineup and show video of each player folding their arms trying to look intimidating. instead of looking intimidating it comes off as kind of odd. >> six others on this team are making their world cup debuts. six different represented for the fifth straight world cup game. >> we thought we would help you out by introducing some of the players on the u.s. team and telling you a little bit about them. we have yedlin, goals on the field, zero, goals in life, being the fifth member of the black eyed peas. influences are david beckham and rihanna. eye color, brown, hair color, wtf. current role is defender. his previous role is angela's best friend rickie on "my so-called life." >> awesome. >> i'm so confident the u.s. is going to take it with portugal, if they don't, i'm willing to shave your hair live. >> oh, my gosh. stay tuned for that.

i predict t >> good morning we're following new stories on this friday june 20. >> including philadelphia police cruiser was involved noon overnight crash. >> one man is in the hospital, two others in custody after a shooting at a south jersey apartment complex. >> a former pennsylvania pastor defrocked for officiating at the same-sex marriage of his own son will appeal to the methodist church today. good morning, matt o'donnell is